Some Christmas Fun @ School!

This was a very busy week at school! We had our Christmas program on Tuesday and then parties today! They did a great job on the program. Braden had a GREAT time and Kaylee made do! She HATES being in front of people, but toughed it out. She actually was asked to have a speaking part and turned it down!! Braden on the other hand had to express EVERY action with LOTS of emotion! Unfortunately I had to use my small camera and did not get great pics and was not able to capture any of his animated moments....oh well!

See him in the middle in the red sweater

See her in the middle in the silver headband....
Can't you see the excitement!!

They were both all smiles when it was over!

Kaylee at her Christmas party @ school....sporting her new shirt I made her!

Braden at his class party

As you can tell, I put a new picture at the top of the page. I have not yet figured out how to make it smaller, so if anyone knows please share!! Over Thanksgiving break my sister took LOTS of pics of all 4 of our children for her new business she is starting up. At the end of the day I decided to have her shoot a few of all 4 of us for our Christmas card. She ended up with quite a few good ones, but this was my favorite so it is the winner!! I used this one along with a pic of the kids with Mickey and Minnie in DisneyWorld. They turned out very cute!!

Happy Birthday Braden!!

It is hard to believe it has been 7 years since our "unplanned blessing" joined this world! I will never forget the night we found out we were having another child. Kaylee was only 14 months old! I could not even look at the test for the result! I immediately started crying and had to call my sister. She thought someone had died!! Now, 7 years later we are so blessed and although having 2 children less than 2 years apart has been challenging at times, it has all been well worth it!
Braden is very much our lil boy. He is SO full of energy and personality, although not always good. I wish I could follow him around with a tape recorder at all times. He is definitely a kid that says the darndest things!! Braden very much has a strong personality! If he does not like what you say or do he has his signature grunt! Although it drives us crazy, it is still a part of him. He is also very head strong....wonder where he gets that! Braden is also very sweet and affectionate. He will say to me..."Come here Momma" and then give me a kiss or a hug for no reason at all. And right now his "move" is tapping his cheek for a kiss and when you give it to him he will turn his head so you kiss his lips instead!
Braden is a very bright student. He is reading so much lately! It is amazing that my baby does not need me to read for him anymore. He loves school and everything about it!
We are having his party next weekend with 2 of his friends, so today we are celebrating his day a little low key. He had a friend spend the night last night and today we are hanging out here and then later we are meeting up with some friends and taking the kids to see Planet 51. Then tonight he has requested steak for supper!
Well, I will post more about the rest of his bday later....right now we are going to enjoy our 7 year old boy!

Picnics are the BEST!!

Today after school the kids wanted to have a picnic. So Braden got the snacks together and Kaylee made Kool-Aid. They stayed out there for over an hour!! I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the trampoline and been able to listen to their conversation, but every time I went out there they would only talk to me. These are the times I absolutely LOVE!! Making memories!!!

Oh and Braden does not wear a tie to school on a normal basis, but today was kids dress as teachers @ school! Kaylee stripped her clothes as soon as the walked in the door!!

Nerd Day @ School!

Today was Nerd Day @ School for Basketball Homecoming. We had fun at our house dressing up for this! As you can tell, Braden got his inspiration from Steve Erkel!! We had a little harder time with finding girl nerdy things, but all turned out well!! I don't have any pictures of myself, but I dressed up also!! It was a great time had by all!!

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Just like many other kids, there is no telling what will come out our kid's mouths!! The other day while I was fixing Braden's hair before school he told me "Mom, I love you more than gum!!" Then one day on the way to school Braden was having one of his many deep conversations about the alphabet and Kaylee joined in with, "Mommy, was the alphabet invented when you were a kid?" Just now as I am typing this Kaylee says "I am going to make a journal about my life so when I am old I don't forget it!" Don't you just LOVE their minds sometimes!!

Pumpkin Patch

Another tradition we have created with our kids is going to the pumpkin patch at a local church and taking pics and picking out "our pumpkin" for carving. This year we decided to let the kids wear their costumes (a first for us). They had a great time, as usual, and I took WAY too many pics to post all of them on here so here are a few of my favs!

Our Doctor and OSU Spirit Rider

Our beautiful princess without her hat!

Riding Bullet!!

One of my favorite pics!!

Pull! Pull! Pull!

Buying the best pumpkin there!